How to search deeds in Ector County, TX
Deeds in Ector County are recorded with the Ector County Clerk, searchable by grantor and grantee name. The Ector County Clerk's Official Public Records are certified from May 30, 1887. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Ector County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Ector County property, $49
Step by step in Ector County
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Start from the parcel
The Ector County Appraisal District parcel record often names the current deed's book and page or document number.
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Search the index
Search the Ector County Clerk grantor-grantee index by name, or by the document number, to find the deed and the earlier ones in the chain.
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Read each deed
Check the parties, the legal description and the recording date, and whether a later deed conveyed the property again.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Ector County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Ector County records show
In Texas, real property records are recorded by the County Clerk. A Texas home loan is usually secured by a deed of trust rather than a mortgage, and it is released by a recorded release of lien.
The Ector County Clerk's Official Public Records are certified from May 30, 1887.
A real Ector County report
We ran this search on the Music City Mall (4101 E 42nd St, Odessa, TX 79762): 3 deeds, 0 open deeds of trust, 1 recorded lien. See the Ector County sample report.
What the report checks in Ector County
- Deeds, deeds of trust, releases and liens recorded with the Ector County Clerk, tied to the property by its legal description
Not covered here
- Royalty and mineral deeds convey minerals rather than the house and are not treated as changes of ownership.
Questions
How far back do Ector County land records go?
The Ector County Clerk's Official Public Records are certified from May 30, 1887.
What does a HeritageDeed search in Ector County not cover?
Where a document cannot be tied to the property by its legal description, it is marked as linked by the owner's name only.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Ector County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Ector County property records
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